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Voyeurism, though considered a fetish more than a paraphilia, becomes harmful when the person...

Response:

Looks at porn

Seeks out people to peep on

Catches a glimpse of someone naked on accident

Makes a video of themselves

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Question:

What is the most common paraphilia?

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Urophilia

Coprophila

Necrophilia

Autoerotic asphyxiation

Pedophilia

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Question:

True or False? Fantasizing about sexual force is dangerous and will lead to paraphilic desires.

Response:

True

False

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Question:

True or False. BDSM is an abnormal practice that is the result of paraphilic desires?

Response:

True

False

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False. a paraphilia only results from a person that is doing excessive harm to themselves or others in a non-consensual way. If done under the proper conditions, BDSM is a consensual act that, though it may cause pain, is not excessive or dangerous and is regulated by the receiver as much as by the giver.

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Question:

Exhibitonists, more commonly known as flashers, draw sexual arousal from _____.

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Dressing in the opposite gender’s clothing

The act of exposing themselves in public

The reaction from their viewers when they expose themselves

Potential sex with their viewer(s)

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Question:

True or False? Paraphilias are widespread in the population.

Response:

True

False

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False. Only a small portion of the population express paraphilias

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Question:

What is the primary criterion for diagnosing a paraphilia in an individual?

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It is harmful to oneself or others

Fantasies of an abnormal nature

Obsession about the fetish or preference

An insatiable urge to dance

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Question:

A paraphilia of desiring to touch or rub someone against their will in a public place is called what?

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Hemophilia

Object Fetishism

Frotteurism

Touchophilia

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True or False. A person that has their partner pretend to be asleep during sex is expressing necrophilic desires?

Response:

True

False

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